Monotone Common

Origin: Greek prefix mono-

Monotone has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:

Definitions

Noun

an unchanging intonation

"Her voice remained completely monotone as she read the same paragraph for twenty minutes without any variation in pitch."

monotone drone droning

a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)

"The priest's delivery of the ancient psalms was so monotone that his voice seemed to hum a single, unchanging note despite the shifting cadence of the prayers."

monotone

A single unvaried tone of speech or a sound.

"Her voice remained in a flat, monotone drone throughout the entire lecture, making it hard to stay awake."

Verb

To speak in a monotone.

"The delivery man spoke in such a flat, unvarying voice that I couldn't tell if he was annoyed or just reading his list."

Adjective

of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value

"The algorithm's output was monotone, steadily climbing to a peak without ever dipping back down."

monotonic monotone

sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch

"the owl's faint monotonous hooting"

flat monotone monotonic monotonous

Having a single unvaried pitch.

"The news anchor delivered the breaking update in such a monotone voice that it sounded like a robot reading a manual."